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I met his eyes. “Are you… can you…?” I looked around the tiny house as if my dignity was anywhere nearby.

“Spit it out, Firecracker.”

“Do you want to work here? Or… or you can work in my office at the Tavern if you want? I mean… unless you wanted to head back to your parents’ house, which is totally fine. Better, probably. Less distracting.” I bit my lip to shut myself up.

Suddenly, JT’s lips tightened like he was holding back a grin. “You’re not getting rid of me that easily, Honeycutt. I’m staying here. I don’t care how late you come home, I’ll be naked and ready.”

I blew out a breath and ducked my head. “Yeah, good. Okay. Yeah.”

JT grabbed my chin and forced my head up to meet his eyes. “I know your business comes first, Flynn. And that’s okay. Don’t worry about me. I’m a big boy.”

I reached down and stroked his dick through the towel. “Braggart.”

When I turned and walked out of the house, he was still laughing. I entered the back door of the Tavern with a big goofy smile on my face.

And he was right. When I came shuffling back to the house after midnight, JT Wellbridge was naked and ready.

But I wasn’t.

I was beyond exhausted. My feet hurt, my legs hurt, my entire body smelled like spilled beer and fried food, and I had the beginnings of a headache.

“You look like ass,” he said as soon as he saw me.

“You silver-tongued devil,” I muttered, kicking off my shoes and yanking at my filthy clothes. JT stood up from the small sofa where he’d been lounging under a soft throw, watching videos on his computer. He helped me take off my clothes and then led me to the shower. “You’re already clean,” I said stupidly when he took off his own clothes and joined me under the hot spray.

“Mm-hm. But you’re filthy. You’ll sleep better after a shower.”

“Was gonna bang you,” I said, leaning into the warm strength of his body. “Bang you so hard.”

“Well, when you put it so seductively…” I felt the vibration of his chuckle. “Rain check.”

“Sorry.”

“Nope. No sorries. Besides, I had a few guys swing by for an orgy earlier, so I’m good for now.”

I barely had the energy for a laugh. JT’s hands felt amazing on my body as he washed every inch of me. His touch lulled me into a kind of trance.

“Castor doing okay?” he asked.

“Yeah. He was feeling a bit better when I talked to him an hour ago. But I told him he could take tomorrow off, too, if he needed.”

“Hmm. Probably good. Sucks since you need all hands on deck this week. Tough being a brother and a business owner at the same time, huh?”

“Mmm.” My head lolled on my shoulders. “Sometimes, I wonder if I’m doing the right thing,” I confessed in a low voice.

“How do you mean?”

I hesitated, but I was too tired to measure my words, and they all came tumbling out. “I worry that Cas should be pursuing something bigger and better than working an hourly job as a server at a restaurant. And PJ… I haven’t heard from him in weeks other than one-word answers to my texts asking how he’s doing. Is that normal? Was I right to send him to Boston alone? And McLean… now that my parents are gone, he’s all alone out at the Retreat having to deal with the guests by himself during the busy season. I haven’t had time to help at all this week. What if it’s too much for him? Too much people time? If I didn’t have the Tavern, I could help them all more, except…”

“Except you couldn’t because there’d be no money,” he finished gently.

“Yeah.”

He poured shampoo into his hand and began massaging my scalp. I let out a groan of satisfaction.

“Flynn, you’re talking about adults. They need to find their own way. I’m not suggesting you stop supporting them, but you have to let them make their own choices and learn their own lessons.”

“It’s hard.” I leaned into him and wrapped my arms around him. JT widened his stance to keep us steady and then moved me under the water to rinse the shampoo off. Suds ran down his chest to his thighs. I watched the bubbles move over the curves of his leg muscles and down to the tile floor.

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